EP1844653A1 - Novel agrochemical formulations containing microcapsules - Google Patents

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EP1844653A1
EP1844653A1 EP06024299A EP06024299A EP1844653A1 EP 1844653 A1 EP1844653 A1 EP 1844653A1 EP 06024299 A EP06024299 A EP 06024299A EP 06024299 A EP06024299 A EP 06024299A EP 1844653 A1 EP1844653 A1 EP 1844653A1
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fluroxypyr
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Victor Casaña Giner
Miguel Gimeno Sierra
Barbara Gimeno Sierra
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01N—PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
    • A01N25/00—Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators, characterised by their forms, or by their non-active ingredients or by their methods of application, e.g. seed treatment or sequential application; Substances for reducing the noxious effect of the active ingredients to organisms other than pests
    • A01N25/30—Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators, characterised by their forms, or by their non-active ingredients or by their methods of application, e.g. seed treatment or sequential application; Substances for reducing the noxious effect of the active ingredients to organisms other than pests characterised by the surfactants
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01N—PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
    • A01N25/00—Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators, characterised by their forms, or by their non-active ingredients or by their methods of application, e.g. seed treatment or sequential application; Substances for reducing the noxious effect of the active ingredients to organisms other than pests
    • A01N25/12—Powders or granules
    • A01N25/14—Powders or granules wettable
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01N—PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
    • A01N25/00—Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators, characterised by their forms, or by their non-active ingredients or by their methods of application, e.g. seed treatment or sequential application; Substances for reducing the noxious effect of the active ingredients to organisms other than pests
    • A01N25/26—Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators, characterised by their forms, or by their non-active ingredients or by their methods of application, e.g. seed treatment or sequential application; Substances for reducing the noxious effect of the active ingredients to organisms other than pests in coated particulate form
    • A01N25/28—Microcapsules or nanocapsules
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01J—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS
    • B01J13/00—Colloid chemistry, e.g. the production of colloidal materials or their solutions, not otherwise provided for; Making microcapsules or microballoons
    • B01J13/02—Making microcapsules or microballoons
    • B01J13/04—Making microcapsules or microballoons by physical processes, e.g. drying, spraying
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C08—ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
    • C08G—MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS
    • C08G18/00—Polymeric products of isocyanates or isothiocyanates
    • C08G18/06—Polymeric products of isocyanates or isothiocyanates with compounds having active hydrogen
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  • microencapsulation is a technique that offers a number of advantages in front of other formulation techniques in the field of Agrochemistry.
  • Modern agricultural practice requires controlling the application of biological active components to the target. This allows: to increase compounds stability over extended periods of time, to reduce environmental hazards, to decrease acute toxicity, and to deal with incompatibility between ingredients.
  • Fluids are used as functional inerts in high technology formulations, e.g. allowing encapsulation of solid active ingredients and adjusting the diffusion rate of the active substance.
  • Several basic processes have also been disclosed, that can be divided into coacervaion, interfacial polymerization and in-situ polymerization.
  • CS microcapsule suspension formulations
  • interfacial polymerisation e.g.: Chlorpyrifos CS, Lambdacyhalothrin CS, Fluorochloridone CS, and Methylparathion CS. When dryied, they may form water dispersable granules containing microcapsules.
  • a typical method of CS manufacture by interfacial polymerisation is to dissolve the active ingredient, monomers or prepolymers in a fluid (oil phase). The latter is dispersed into the water phase, which contains emulsifiers, protective colloids (and eventually additional prepolymers).
  • the capsule wall around the oil droplet is formed by polymerisation at the interface of water and oil in the presence of a catalyst or by heat.
  • Many wall-forming materials are available for the encapsulation of liquid or solid active ingredients. The release rate of the latter can be adjusted by selecting the optimum
  • Fluids in addition to their ingredients dissolving role, are influencing the emulsion quality by maintaining a low viscosity during the emulsification and polymerization steps.
  • No prior art leads to an obvious solution for the problem addressed in this invention (basic unitary process for different formulation types and mixtures of active ingredients).
  • the scope of this invention is to facilitate the production of agrochemical formulations in the form of capsule suspension (CS) and/or ZC and/or WG in a unified production process. Also is object of the invention to potect the microcapsules, CS, ZC and WG formulations of active ingredients never encapsulated before in these type of formulations and also the process characterized in that selected coformulants, wall forming materials are both able to reach a CS formulation and, at the desire of the producer, to proceed further without essential changes to spray dry this CS to form a WG of microcapsules.
  • sulfonylureas plus other actives microencapsulated are milled to form a suspension concentrate (SC), and then the CS suspension is added to the SC.
  • SC suspension concentrate
  • the SC contain other sulfonylurea-compatible agrochemicals and optionally the microcapsules contain a mixture of several acives compatible in between them.
  • One of the novelty aspects of this invention is the ability to have an "oil phase" (inside microcapsules) where the only requisite is that in such phase the oil soluble materials are compatible, and a "water phase” where the same requisite applies, but it is not necessary that the oil soluble actives and the water soluble acives are compatible in between them.
  • the present invention has its more powerful sense when the active ingredients in and out- of the microcapsules- are incompatible in the broad sense, namely, that the activity is reduced because any reason including chemical reaction in between incompatible materials, adsorption, crystallization induction, etc.
  • Chlorpyrifos microcapsules in the form of water dispersable granules are known from a number of patents of Dow and Monsanto. However, the processes so far disclosed differ in the process of the present invention.
  • the use of our wall foming materials lead to a taylor made release rate, easier to predict and control than when conventional microencapsulating techniques are used.
  • Fluroxypyr on the other side has neve been described in microencapsulated form, at least in a enable disclosure, and lesser having the extraordinary formulation poperties described herein regarding also particle size, and long term stability, and w.hen in WG (CS) formulation, the high dispersibility and suspensibility properties
  • the preferred materials are those having a low melting point as one of the materials to microencapsulate, at least one of the actives (if chosen to be more than one) to be inside the microcapsules. Outside of the microcapsules, optionally it is used a sulfonylurea or any suitable agrochemical.
  • a low melting point as one of the materials to microencapsulate
  • the actives if chosen to be more than one
  • a sulfonylurea or any suitable agrochemical any suitable agrochemical.
  • a typical composition to microencapsulate would be, for fluroxypyr, as follows (in w/w %): Fluroxypyr ester (meptyl, 2-butoxymethylethyl, etc.) 50.0 PAPI/Desmodur 44V20L 3.50 PowderLink 1174(40% in g-Butyrolactone) 1.25
  • the surfactant system (including dispersants and wettings) has two properties: 1) be able to be stable at a wide range of pHs, to be able to be used for encapsulation of different actives and 2) have a cloud point over the melting point of the desired agrochemical to encapsulate, concomitantly, preventing phase inversion during the process.
  • Metasperse 500 series we have not found any other better dispersant for the purposes of both being able to have a good CS suspension, to spray dry it and have a good WG formulation or to mix with an SC to have a good ZC formulation. Further we have found incredibly that the properties of Atlox Metasperse 500L in order to prevent Ostwald ripening forces and agglomeration processes is valid for all formulations of the type CS, ZC and WG (of capsules), making our desired target of an "unified" process for different formulation times a reality.
  • the type of compounds preferred are styrene acrylic polymers, but more preferentially, and with evident better performance anionically substituted styrene acrylic polymers, being this anionic substituents being chosen from a wide range, preferably, but not necessarily from sulphonates and phosphates.
  • both mentioned phases are mixed (emulsionated) at a suitable speed of an ultraturrax type mixer (e.g., 2000 rpm) for a short time (e.g., 10 minutes), adding the catalizator short after the emulsification step begins (e.g., 1 to 3 minutes) till obtaining a particle size of about 1 to 30 ⁇ m, being obvious that other sizes may be selected. Then a cooking process is initiated, for some hours (typically 2 h), and the capsules are hardened.
  • an ultraturrax type mixer e.g. 2000 rpm
  • a short time e.g. 10 minutes
  • adding the catalizator short after the emulsification step begins e.g., 1 to 3 minutes
  • a cooking process is initiated, for some hours (typically 2 h), and the capsules are hardened.
  • a cooling and filtering step follows to obain a agriculturally suitable CS formulation of fluroxypyr (or of any other agrochemical that is solid at room temperature and with a low melting point -below about 110°C, as far as the surfactant does not reach the cloud point).
  • Both the fluroxypyr CS and the methsulfuron-methyl SC may be mixed in the desired proportion to obtain the desired final formulation of acive ingredients, having the metsulfuron-methyl SC the necessary coformulants for a perfect formulation stability.
  • a ZC formulation Fluroxypyr+Metsulfuron can be done accoding the process described with the following ingredients.
  • Ingredient (water phase) Synperonic PE/L64 (pure) 0,23 Metaspherse 500L (30%) 3,85 Citric acid 0,05 Catalysator (dibutyltin laurathe) 0,10 Water 13,18 SUM 17,41 (Oil phase) Fluroxypyr-ester 19,23 PAPI/Desmodur 44V20L 1,35 Powderlink 1174 (40% in g-Butyrolactone) 0,48 SUM 21,06
  • Ingredient (adjustment mix) Metaspherse 500L (30%) 16,45 Geropon DOSIPG 3,32 Dispersing Agent LFH 0,30 Antifoam 0,16 Urea 18,40 Metsulfuron conc. ( ⁇ 31%) 1,97 water 20,93 SUM 61,53 TOTAL 100,00 Final: 38,47 wt% Fluroxypyr CC 61,53 wt% Adjustmend mix
  • the mixture must be adjusted for the purposes of spray drying.
  • the content of the styrene acrylic polymer may vary in between 1 to 45% in w/w in the final formulation.
  • Metasperse 500 Series or any similar dispersant type of the same chemical class (modified styrene acrylic polymer or anionically modified styrene acrylic polymer, more preferably of the second class) in an amount of 2 to 20 % in w/w related to total weight of liquid to spray and from 0.1 to 15 % of any sulfosuccynate available in catalogs for the agrochemical industry (e.g., Clariant, Uniquema, Cognis, etc) or similar type of chemical.
  • Metasperse 500 Series or any similar dispersant type of the same chemical class (modified styrene acrylic polymer or anionically modified styrene acrylic polymer, more preferably of the second class) in an amount of 2 to 20 % in w/w related to total weight of liquid to spray and from 0.1 to 15 % of any sulfosuccynate available in catalogs for the agrochemical industry (e.g., Clariant, Uniquema,
  • the product is spray dryed at a temperature of the product slightly below the melting point (e.g., for Chlopyrifos 35°C, for the example above 40-45 °C) and a temperature of the air of 70-75 %.
  • the WG consisting of microcapsules is deemed to be enough dried when the humidity is below 0.5%.
  • One of the main targets of the combination of microencapsulated material mixed with unencapsulated materials is to achieve a longer stability of the most labile compound.
  • Fluroxypyr to certain extent, also degradates: the fact that in cold fluroxypyr is reasonably well conserved means that in a non-microencapsulated flurosypyr WDG (with a sulfonylurea) the reaction of degradation takes place on the finished product, and not during the production of the WG.
  • Chlorpyrifos 750 g/kg WG consists of two components, a capsule suspension and an adjustment mixture.
  • the capsule suspension works as base for different formulations depending on the adjustment, like 240 g/L CS, 400 g/L CS and 750 g/kg WG.
  • the target is to achieve both a "ready to use" CS formulation, and for the costumers interested in having a WG (CS), to be able to use the same produced CS and proceed to spray dry.
  • CS WG
  • two hundred capsule suspensions have been done during the development, being adjusted with hundred eighty different adjustment mixtures.
  • the catalyst may be for procedural reasons to be dibutyltinlaurate, but the best control of the reaction is achieved by an emulsified catalyst (not soluble in water, but emulsified in it, a concept completely new).
  • Some details to handle this unique type of catalyst in the microencapsulation field is that The components of the Catalyst are mixed together using an ultrasonic bath or Ultrathurrax to homogenize in no special order at room temperature. Care has to be taken that the catalyst will separate within 24 hours and therefore should be homogenized prior to addition.of the catalyst was prepared by mixing the components for 100 mL (water, Symperonic PE/L64, Triethylamine) by simple shaking in a bottle. In fact the catalyst in chemical sense is the triethylamine, but the real "catalyst" in the practice is this emulsion (comparable to platinum alone and platinum in carbon support).
  • Aeromatic MP1 initial Parameters Nozzle Diameter 2.0 mm Air pressure set to 2.0 bar Temperature (incoming air) set to 60°C Vent level, air in 50 % Vent level, air out 55 % Feed rate 15 g/min Parameter Range typical Value Temperature (incoming Air) 41°C - 52°C 46°C Temperature (Product) 38°C - 44°C 40°C Temperature (leaving Air) 32°C - 38°C 35°C Pump Feed 15 g/min to 94 g/min 40 g/min
  • the resulting product has the following specifications: Table 1: Specifications for Chlorpyrifos 750 g/kg WG Parameter Unit Method Specification Chlorpyrifos wt-% GAT-0906-CPS01-GC 72.50 - 77.50 Clorpyrifos g/kg GAT-0906-CPS01-GC 725.0 - 775.0 Appearance Visual White to slightly brown granules Water content g/kg CIPAC MT 30.5 ⁇ 15 Particle size D(v,0.5) ⁇ m CIPAC MT 187 2.0 - 4.0 Particle size D(v,0.9) ⁇ m CIPAC MT 187 C1PAC MT 187 ⁇ 50 ⁇ 50 Particle size D(v,0.5) ⁇ m CIPAC MT 187, 2 min sonification 2.0-4.0 2.0 - 4.0 Particle size D(v,0.9) ⁇ m CIPAC MT 187, 2 min sonification ⁇ 15 Granule size mm CIPAC MT 59 0.2 ⁇
  • any other formulation do no containing styrene acrylic polymers as in the formulation yielded a product below FAO specifications, in particular regarding suspensibility ( ⁇ 50%), dispersibility ( ⁇ 10%) and wet sieving residue(>5%).
  • sulfonylureas that may be used in the present invention are:
  • fluroxypyr for combination with sulfonylurea or not
  • fluroxypyr for combination with sulfonylurea or not
  • agrochemicals that are solid at room temperature and with a melting point at atmospheric pressure lower than 110°C.
  • the sulfonylureas for the purpose of protection against degradation may be well encapsulated according process using anionic substituted acrylic styrene polymers as dispersing agents, and optionally, encapsulated in such way that the encapsulation reaction takes place thanks to an emulsified catalyst (a polyamine). They may be as well microencapsulated according the European Patent Application EP 06006748 , of the same inventors and applied by GAT Formulation GmbH (reference incorporated for all this patent document in its totality for the purpose of microcapsules containing acetylene carbamide derivatives in the wall) and then create the WG.
  • cofomulants for the creation of the CS, SC, ZC and WG formulations are in no way limited to the compounds mentioned in the examples: what is important is that the chemical class of chemicals remains as closer as possible.
  • isocyanates as wall forming materials
  • polyamines or alkyltin fatty esthers as catalysts
  • sulfosuccinate addition before spray drying etc.
  • the wall forming materials may be composed of mixures of isocyanates or mixtures of aromatic isocyanate(s), aliphatic isocyanate(s) and glicoluril derivatives having the four hydroxylgroups substituting the four nitrogen atoms of the five membered cycle replaced by a alkyloxyalkylen group, where alkylene has the meaning of methylen, ethylen, isopropylen, and alkyl the meaning methyl, ethyl, isopropyl.

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Abstract

The invention refers a new formulation of fluroxypyr or chlorpyrifos or diflufenican microencapsulated and in the form of water dispersable granules or as a part of a ZC fomulation. Further the invention refers to water dispersable granules containing microcapsules that enclose fluroxypyr and at the same time the WDG have also sulfonylureas outside of the microcapsules. Further we provide formulations in the form of SC or ZC of the aforementioned active ingredients and its combinations. Also fluroxypyr may be replaced by any agrochemical of any biological activity that is solid at room temperature and melts below 110°C. Mixtures of actives of such formulations are also contemplated.

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    State of the Art:
  • It is known that microencapsulation is a technique that offers a number of advantages in front of other formulation techniques in the field of Agrochemistry.
    Modern agricultural practice requires controlling the application of biological active components to the target. This allows: to increase compounds stability over extended periods of time, to reduce environmental hazards, to decrease acute toxicity, and to deal with incompatibility between ingredients. Fluids are used as functional inerts in high technology formulations, e.g. allowing encapsulation of solid active ingredients and adjusting the diffusion rate of the active substance.
    Several basic processes have also been disclosed, that can be divided into coacervaion, interfacial polymerization and in-situ polymerization. Most commercially available CS (microcapsule suspension) formulations are manufactured by interfacial polymerisation, e.g.: Chlorpyrifos CS, Lambdacyhalothrin CS, Fluorochloridone CS, and Methylparathion CS. When dryied, they may form water dispersable granules containing microcapsules. A typical method of CS manufacture by interfacial polymerisation is to dissolve the active ingredient, monomers or prepolymers in a fluid (oil phase). The latter is dispersed into the water phase, which contains emulsifiers, protective colloids (and eventually additional prepolymers). The capsule wall around the oil droplet is formed by polymerisation at the interface of water and oil in the presence of a catalyst or by heat.
    Many wall-forming materials are available for the encapsulation of liquid or solid active ingredients. The release rate of the latter can be adjusted by selecting the optimum
    • wall materials,
    • dimensions of the microcapsules (diameter and wall thickness),
    • porosity of the wall (degree of cross-linking),
    • protective colloid(s),
    • fluids (in oil or in water).
  • Fluids (solvents), in addition to their ingredients dissolving role, are influencing the emulsion quality by maintaining a low viscosity during the emulsification and polymerization steps.
    No prior art leads to an obvious solution for the problem addressed in this invention (basic unitary process for different formulation types and mixtures of active ingredients).
    • Description
  • On of the most difficult tasks to achieve is to get capsule suspensions or water dispersable granules (WG) formed with micocapsules in common processs for herbicides, funicides and insecticides, and their mixtures -both of activity and different active ingredients- in such a way that this process facilitates the industrial production of such agrochemicals because of the use of the same technology and the same process, and, basically the same coformulants. We have been unable, for the first time ever to find a common microencapsulation and spray dry process not only for encapsulation of different types of molecules but also incompatible molecules that up o now, no Company has been able to apply in an Industrial way. Therefore the scope of this invention is to facilitate the production of agrochemical formulations in the form of capsule suspension (CS) and/or ZC and/or WG in a unified production process. Also is object of the invention to potect the microcapsules, CS, ZC and WG formulations of active ingredients never encapsulated before in these type of formulations and also the process characterized in that selected coformulants, wall forming materials are both able to reach a CS formulation and, at the desire of the producer, to proceed further without essential changes to spray dry this CS to form a WG of microcapsules. Further, our novel process allows combinations not possible o market until now, as is the case of mixtures of fluroxypyr with sulfonylureas of an kind (this was not possible before due to cemical incompatibility and also due to the proper selection of cofomulants that allow the stability of both type of ingredients, and a functionally good formulation with excellent dispersibility poperties.
  • For example, according to prior art we have hardy tried make WG of microencapsulated fluroxypyr using the known methods of making WG of chlorpyryfos (both processes of Beestman and Muliqueen -Monsanto and Dow), with unsuccessful results. In both cases we obtain a wet sieving residue of more than 10%, ofwhich 50% corresponds to crystallized fluroxypyr outside of the micocapsules This is easily understood insofar, the formulation technology is a very complex chemistry field, where many parameters influence at the same time: compatibility of active ingredients with the wall forming materials, surfactants, coformulants, temperature of granulation, etc.
  • At the view of the state of the art, it is not obvious how to microencapsulate fluroxypyr, a fact that is confirmed by the non-existence of any microencapsulated fluroxypyr available in the marked anywhere in the world. The selection of the wall forming materials, the conditions of the reaction and, extremely important, the coformulants can only be achieved after a long period of extensive research involving novel ideas not available before. Also, it it described in an enable disclosure for the first time how to microencapsulate fluroxypyr, add a sulfonylurea and spray dry to obtain a novel combination of fluroxypyr and sulfoylureas (also chlorpyrifos and sulfonyureas). For incorporation of sulfonylureas plus other actives microencapsulated, accoding the present invention they are milled to form a suspension concentrate (SC), and then the CS suspension is added to the SC. Optionally the SC contain other sulfonylurea-compatible agrochemicals and optionally the microcapsules contain a mixture of several acives compatible in between them. One of the novelty aspects of this invention is the ability to have an "oil phase" (inside microcapsules) where the only requisite is that in such phase the oil soluble materials are compatible, and a "water phase" where the same requisite applies, but it is not necessary that the oil soluble actives and the water soluble acives are compatible in between them.
  • In fact, the present invention has its more powerful sense when the active ingredients in and out- of the microcapsules- are incompatible in the broad sense, namely, that the activity is reduced because any reason including chemical reaction in between incompatible materials, adsorption, crystallization induction, etc.
  • Chlorpyrifos microcapsules in the form of water dispersable granules are known from a number of patents of Dow and Monsanto. However, the processes so far disclosed differ in the process of the present invention. We have invented new ingredient lists where the functionality and rote of essential coformulants that unexpected properties and as well the use of a water-insoluble catalisyt in the form of an emulsion to control the speed and degree of polymerization of the microcapsule's wall, and the improved dispersibility and suspensibility of the present formulation when compared to the prior art. Also, the use of our wall foming materials lead to a taylor made release rate, easier to predict and control than when conventional microencapsulating techniques are used.
    Fluroxypyr on the other side has neve been described in microencapsulated form, at least in a enable disclosure, and lesser having the extraordinary formulation poperties described herein regarding also particle size, and long term stability, and w.hen in WG (CS) formulation, the high dispersibility and suspensibility properties
    • Detailed description of the invention.
  • For the purpose of the invention, the preferred materials are those having a low melting point as one of the materials to microencapsulate, at least one of the actives (if chosen to be more than one) to be inside the microcapsules. Outside of the microcapsules, optionally it is used a sulfonylurea or any suitable agrochemical. The invention is better understood with examples.
    • Example 1
  • A typical composition to microencapsulate would be, for fluroxypyr, as follows (in w/w %):
    Fluroxypyr ester (meptyl, 2-butoxymethylethyl, etc.) 50.0
    PAPI/Desmodur 44V20L 3.50
    PowderLink 1174(40% in g-Butyrolactone) 1.25
  • Water Phase
    Synperonic PE/64 0.60
    Metasperse 500L 10.00
    Citric Acid 0.14
    Catalyst( Triethyl amine 20% emulsion) 0.25
    Water 34.26
  • Both water and oil phases are warmed up to about 70-80 °C, in order to have the active ingredient in liquid form (in this case fluroxypyr, in other cases, this temperature may be higher or lower according the meltin point). Although inclusion of solid acives or coformulants is possible we do not enter into detail for the sake of simplicity.
  • Up to this step we can find enormous differences with respect to prior art. Some processes, instead of using the warming step, use the dissolution with Solvesso (patent documents of Monsanto on Chlorpyrifos, for example). This has the disadvantage that at the end of the spraying dry step (if this "single process technique is used"), the solvesso is partially evaporated due to the hot conditions of spray drying, leading to an increased unencapsulated material and increase of crystals outside of the microcapsules. Other processes, as those of Dow for Chlopyrifos, have the inconvenience that the surfactant/dispersant systems reach the cloud point and then those documents do not enable the use of a single unique process that allows to stop at the time of the CS formation, or proceed further with an spray-dry to create WG or even to poduce a mixture formulation of suspension concentrate+capsule suspension (ZC formulation) .
    To be able to have a "standard processmulti-purpose" is needed that the surfactant system (including dispersants and wettings) has two properties: 1) be able to be stable at a wide range of pHs, to be able to be used for encapsulation of different actives and 2) have a cloud point over the melting point of the desired agrochemical to encapsulate, concomitantly, preventing phase inversion during the process.
  • We have surpressively found that indeed exist such surfactant systems, in particular those based in the use of th Metasperse 500L or Metasperse 550S type of dispersant and a Symperonic PE/64 surfactant-wetting agent. Other options to replace the Symperonic PE/64 are ethoxylated/popoyxylated alcohols, such Tergitol 15-S (secondary alcohol series), Tergitol TMN( ramified) or Tergitol XD or XDLW (EO/PO copolymers). These alcohols (ethoxylated and/or propoxlated) are selected according a cloud point over the temperature used for melting the active ingredient, that in the case of fluoxypyr is about 75 °C. Regarding the Metasperse 500 series, we have not found any other better dispersant for the purposes of both being able to have a good CS suspension, to spray dry it and have a good WG formulation or to mix with an SC to have a good ZC formulation. Further we have found amazingly that the properties of Atlox Metasperse 500L in order to prevent Ostwald ripening forces and agglomeration processes is valid for all formulations of the type CS, ZC and WG (of capsules), making our desired target of an "unified" process for different formulation times a reality. In particular, and referring to chemical properties rather than to brand names (Metasperse 500L, 550S), the type of compounds preferred are styrene acrylic polymers, but more preferentially, and with evident better performance anionically substituted styrene acrylic polymers, being this anionic substituents being chosen from a wide range, preferably, but not necessarily from sulphonates and phosphates.
  • Regarding the process, both mentioned phases are mixed (emulsionated) at a suitable speed of an ultraturrax type mixer (e.g., 2000 rpm) for a short time (e.g., 10 minutes), adding the catalizator short after the emulsification step begins (e.g., 1 to 3 minutes) till obtaining a particle size of about 1 to 30µm, being obvious that other sizes may be selected. Then a cooking process is initiated, for some hours (typically 2 h), and the capsules are hardened. A cooling and filtering step follows to obain a agriculturally suitable CS formulation of fluroxypyr (or of any other agrochemical that is solid at room temperature and with a low melting point -below about 110°C, as far as the surfactant does not reach the cloud point).
  • According to the spirit of the invention, we are able to proceed with this "ready to use" formulation to form a ZC formulation. This can be easily achieved by providing a customary SC of a suitable agrochemical, particulary important a sulfonylurea or mixtures thereof, for example metsulfuron-methyl. An example of the composition of the metsulfuron-methy concentrate is:
    Ingredient (metsulfuron conc.)
    water 34,02
    Metasperse 500L 26,74
    Geropon DOS/PG 5,40
    Dispersing Agent LFH 0,49
    Antifoam 0,26
    Metsulfuron techn. 33,09
    SUM 100,00
  • Both the fluroxypyr CS and the methsulfuron-methyl SC may be mixed in the desired proportion to obtain the desired final formulation of acive ingredients, having the metsulfuron-methyl SC the necessary coformulants for a perfect formulation stability.
  • To be more explicit, a ZC formulation Fluroxypyr+Metsulfuron can be done accoding the process described with the following ingredients.
    Ingredient (water phase)
    Synperonic PE/L64 (pure) 0,23
    Metaspherse 500L (30%) 3,85
    Citric acid 0,05
    Catalysator (dibutyltin laurathe) 0,10
    Water 13,18
    SUM 17,41
    (Oil phase)
    Fluroxypyr-ester 19,23
    PAPI/Desmodur 44V20L 1,35
    Powderlink 1174 (40% in g-Butyrolactone) 0,48
    SUM 21,06
    Ingredient (adjustment mix)
    Metaspherse 500L (30%) 16,45
    Geropon DOSIPG 3,32
    Dispersing Agent LFH 0,30
    Antifoam 0,16
    Urea 18,40
    Metsulfuron conc. (~31%) 1,97
    water 20,93
    SUM 61,53
    TOTAL 100,00
    Final: 38,47 wt% Fluroxypyr CC
    61,53 wt% Adjustmend mix
  • If the desire is to make a WG from the CS obtained above (fluroxypyr CS, optionally other actives replacing/added to the oil phase) or from the ZC mentioned just above these lines, then the mixture must be adjusted for the purposes of spray drying. We have invented a surpesively easy solution to prepare the CS or the ZC for the spray drying step. The content of the styrene acrylic polymer may vary in between 1 to 45% in w/w in the final formulation.
  • This consists on the addition to the water phase, in which the microcapsules are suspended of a further quantity of Metasperse 500 Series (or any similar dispersant type of the same chemical class (modified styrene acrylic polymer or anionically modified styrene acrylic polymer, more preferably of the second class) in an amount of 2 to 20 % in w/w related to total weight of liquid to spray and from 0.1 to 15 % of any sulfosuccynate available in catalogs for the agrochemical industry (e.g., Clariant, Uniquema, Cognis, etc) or similar type of chemical.
  • Then the product is spray dryed at a temperature of the product slightly below the melting point (e.g., for Chlopyrifos 35°C, for the example above 40-45 °C) and a temperature of the air of 70-75 %. Normally the WG consisting of microcapsules is deemed to be enough dried when the humidity is below 0.5%.
  • Therefore, we have shown how following a common pocess a fluroxypyr CS may be converted into a ZC without any particular changes directed in the process of making the CS, and the same to end up with a WG of fluroxypyr and metsulfuon.
  • One of the main targets of the combination of microencapsulated material mixed with unencapsulated materials is to achieve a longer stability of the most labile compound.
  • A test on the storage stability was performed with the following results:
  • Content of active ingredient [wt-%, g/kg] of water dispersible granules of Fluroxypyr 250 g/kg + Metsulfuron 10 g/kg WG - Generic Name: FXY+MET 26 WG
    GAT Registration ID Number divided In five portions
    Test Item ID Number 1) FXY-MSF_M04 GLASS1) 54±2°C,
    after storage    		 PLASTIC2) 54±2°C,
    after storage    		 GLASS3) 0±2°C,
    after storage    		 PLASTIC4) 0 ± 2°C,
    after storage
    Content of A.I.
       Fluroxypyr
    wt-% 39.37 38.57 38.35 38.65 38.51
       Metsulfuron
    wt-% 1.18 1.18 1.18 1.18 1.19
  • Comparison of stability of fluroxypyr and metsulfuon-methyl when a WG granulation is made according to US 5,688,743 (Dow ) and the encapsulation step has been omitted and replaced by a joint milling of the corresponding amount of fluroxypyr and metsulfuron-methyl.:
    Content of active ingredient [wt-%, g/kg] of water dispersible granules of Fluroxypyr 250 g/kg + Metsulfuron 10 g/kg WG - WHITOUT MICROENCAPSULATION OF FLUROXYPYR
    GAT Registration ID Number divided in five portions
    Test Item ID Number 1) FXY-MSF_060/ GLASS1) 54±2°C,
    after storage    		 PLASTIC2) 54±2°C,
    after storage    		 GLASS3) 0±2°C,
    after storage    		 PLASTIC4) 0±2°C,
    after storage
    Content of A.I.
       Fluroxypyr
    wt-% 39.41 28.02 16.05 34.44 36.34
       Metsulfuron
    wt-% 1.16 0.21 0.24 0.35 0.39
  • As we can see from the table above, the incompatibility of metsulfuron-methyl is obvious, leading to an unusable water dispersable granule because of loss of active ingredient. Fluroxypyr, to certain extent, also degradates: the fact that in cold fluroxypyr is reasonably well conserved means that in a non-microencapsulated flurosypyr WDG (with a sulfonylurea) the reaction of degradation takes place on the finished product, and not during the production of the WG.
  • Results on physicochemical properties of water dispersible granules of Fluroxypyr 250 g/kg + Metsulfuron 10 g/kg WG - Generic Name: FXY+MET 26 WG
    GAT Registration ID Number divided in five portions
    Test Item ID Number 1) FXY-MSF_0604 GLASS1) 54±2°C,
    after storage    		 PLASTIC2) 54±2°C,
    after storage    		 GLASS3) 0±2°C,
    after storage    		 PLASTIC4) 0±2°C,
    after storage
    pH value (20°C) 6.6 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.8
    Tap density 3) (20°C) [g/cm3] 0.590 0.577 0.585 0.566 0.592
    Particle size [µm]
    D (v, 0.5) 8.18 8.18 7.82 7.85 8.08
    D (v, 0.9) 20.56 20.44 20.15 21.27 21.52
    Suspensibility [wt-%] 82 84 83 80 81
    Dispersibility [wt-%] 94 99 99 97 97
    Wettability [sec] 0 0 0 0 0
    Persistent foam [mL] 0 0 0 0 0
  • One of the most surpresive aspects of the invention is the inclusion as a best choice dispersant the anionically modified styrene acrylic polymers. This class of surfacgants shows to:
    1. 1- Provide a very good dispersion of the microcapsules
    2. 2- Provide a perfect compatibility with an SC, where the same polymer can be used as a dispersant.
    3. 3- Provide an exceptional granule's coformulant that improves the dispersibility over WG of microcapules prouced with state of the art techniques.
  • To illustrate this, we show how the invention can be used for the production of microencapsulated chlorpyrifos, adding to the CS formulation (ready to use in the field as such) some "helpers" (included in the second adjustment mixture) for the granulating step and obtaining very high dispersible granules with low wet sieven residue, and very important almost unnapreciable unencapsulated material.
    • Example 2
  • The formulation of Chlorpyrifos 750 g/kg WG (CS) consists of two components, a capsule suspension and an adjustment mixture. The capsule suspension works as base for different formulations depending on the adjustment, like 240 g/L CS, 400 g/L CS and 750 g/kg WG. The target is to achieve both a "ready to use" CS formulation, and for the costumers interested in having a WG (CS), to be able to use the same produced CS and proceed to spray dry. For development of the given formula of Chlorpyrifos 75 WG (CS) two hundred capsule suspensions have been done during the development, being adjusted with hundred eighty different adjustment mixtures. Only those formulations containing styrene acrilyc polymers, and particulary phosphated and/or sulphated substituted styrene acrylic polymers are improving state of the art formulations of Chlorpyrifos 700 g/kg. The formulation with best results is as follows:
    • Recipe for Chlorpyrifos capsule supension
  • CPP01CS202 Amount in weight percent [wt-%]
    Oil Phase 100 55.75
    Chlorpyrifos technical (calculated as 99%) 91.48 (90.57) 51.00 (50.49)
    Chlorpyrifos impurities (calculated as 1%) (0.91) (0.51)
    Desmodur 44 V 20 L / PAPI 6.28 3.5
    Crosslinker 2.24 1.25
    Water Phase 100 44.00
    Water 77.14 33.94
    Symperonic PE/L64 1.36 0.60
    Metasperse 500 L 21.20 9.33
    Citric acid 0.30 0.13
    Catalyst 0.25
  • The catalyst may be for procedural reasons to be dibutyltinlaurate, but the best control of the reaction is achieved by an emulsified catalyst (not soluble in water, but emulsified in it, a concept completely new). Some details to handle this unique type of catalyst in the microencapsulation field is that The components of the Catalyst are mixed together using an ultrasonic bath or Ultrathurrax to homogenize in no special order at room temperature. Care has to be taken that the catalyst will separate within 24 hours and therefore should be homogenized prior to addition.of the catalyst was prepared by mixing the components for 100 mL (water, Symperonic PE/L64, Triethylamine) by simple shaking in a bottle. In fact the catalyst in chemical sense is the triethylamine, but the real "catalyst" in the practice is this emulsion (comparable to platinum alone and platinum in carbon support).
    • Recipe for the Catalyst in Chlorpyrifos capsule supension
  • Catalyst Amount in weight percent [wt%]
    Triethylamine 20
    Synperonic PE/L64 1
    Water 79
    • Recipe for Chlorpyrifos ready to use capsule suspension
  • CPP01CS202GD Amount in weight percent [wt-%]
    Capsule suspension 100 83.07
    Chlorpyrifos technical (calculated as 99%) 51.00 (50.49) 42.36 (41.94)
    Chlorpyrifos impurities (calculated as 1%) (0.51) (0.42)
    Desmodur 44 V 20 L / PAPI 3.5 2.91
    Crosslinker (Tetraethoxyethyl glcoluril in 40% cyclohexanone) 1.25 1.04
    Water 33.94 28.19
    Symperonic PE/L64 0.60 0.50
    Metasperse 500 L 9.33 7.75
    Citric acid 0.13 0.11
    Catalyst 0.25 0.21
    Adjustment mixture GD 100 16.93
    Metasperse 500L 76.60 12.97
    Antifoam TEGO MR2138 1.00 0.17
    Dispersing agent LFH 1.80 0.30
    Geropon DOS/PG 20.60 3.49
  • Further is we want to spray dry this CS formulation of chlorpyrifos, we proceed as follows in the spray drier:
    • Typical Parameters for spray drying of Chlorpyrifos adjusted capsule suspension CPP01CS202GD
  • Aeromatic MP1 initial Parameters
    Nozzle Diameter 2.0 mm
    Air pressure set to 2.0 bar
    Temperature (incoming air) set to 60°C
    Vent level, air in 50 %
    Vent level, air out 55 %
    Feed rate 15 g/min
    Parameter Range typical Value
    Temperature (incoming Air) 41°C - 52°C 46°C
    Temperature (Product) 38°C - 44°C 40°C
    Temperature (leaving Air) 32°C - 38°C 35°C
    Pump Feed 15 g/min to 94 g/min 40 g/min
  • The resulting product has the following specifications: Table 1: Specifications for Chlorpyrifos 750 g/kg WG
    Parameter Unit Method Specification
    Chlorpyrifos wt-% GAT-0906-CPS01-GC 72.50 - 77.50
    Clorpyrifos g/kg GAT-0906-CPS01-GC 725.0 - 775.0
    Appearance Visual White to slightly brown granules
    Water content g/kg CIPAC MT 30.5 <15
    Particle size D(v,0.5) µm CIPAC MT 187 2.0 - 4.0
    Particle size D(v,0.9) µm CIPAC MT 187 C1PAC MT 187 < 50 <50
    Particle size D(v,0.5) µm CIPAC MT 187, 2 min sonification 2.0-4.0 2.0 - 4.0
    Particle size D(v,0.9) µm CIPAC MT 187, 2 min sonification <15
    Granule size mm CIPAC MT 59 0.2<x<1.0
    pH value CIPAC MT 75,3 6.0-7.0
    Persistent foam mL CIPAC MT 47,1 ≤ 3
    Suspense % CIPAC MT 184 > 90
    Dispersibility % CIPAC MT 174 >95
    Wettability sec CIPAC MT 53.3.1 < 30
    Wet Sieving % CIPAC MT 59 < 0.1
  • The extraordinary values on suspensibility and dispersibility are well ahead of the current state of the art in chlorpyrifos WG at high load (60-80% g/kg). The inventors have only achieved this result thanks to the unexpected properties of the (optionally anionically substituted) styrene acrylic polymers.
  • Important to say, any other formulation do no containing styrene acrylic polymers as in the formulation yielded a product below FAO specifications, in particular regarding suspensibility (<50%), dispersibility (<10%) and wet sieving residue(>5%).
  • The examples show how chlorpyrifos, fluroxypyr and metsulfuron-methyl are greatly benefited from the present invention. It is clear that any sulfonylurea would be protected as well when combined with fluroxypyr or any other agrochemical with similar characteristics regarding melting point.
  • We have also performed the microencapsulation as above described with diflufenican alone and in combination with nicosulfuron, with the same good results.
  • Other sulfonylureas that may be used in the present invention are:
  • Amidosulfuron, azimsulfuron, bensulfuron, chlorimuron, chlorsulfuron, cinosulfuron, cyclosulfamuron, ethametsulfuon, ethoxysulfuron, flazasulfuron, flupyrsulfuon, foramsulfuron, halosulfuron, imazosulfuron, iodosulfuron, mesosulfuron, nicosulfuron, oxasulfuron, primisulfuron, prosulfuron, pyrazosulfuron rimsulfuron, sulfometuron, sulfosulfuron, thifensulfuron, triasulfuron, tribenuron, trifloxysulfuron, triflusulfuron, tritosulfuron: and all their common derivatives such methyl, meptyl, etc. esters.
  • Other similar agrochemicals (or their mixtures with or without fluroxypyr and/or chlorpyrifos) as fluroxypyr (for combination with sulfonylurea or not) may be selected from the group of all agrochemicals that are solid at room temperature and with a melting point at atmospheric pressure lower than 110°C.
    Particulary interesant all triazole fungicides, in particular propiconazole, tebuconazole,.
  • The sulfonylureas, for the purpose of protection against degradation may be well encapsulated according process using anionic substituted acrylic styrene polymers as dispersing agents, and optionally, encapsulated in such way that the encapsulation reaction takes place thanks to an emulsified catalyst (a polyamine). They may be as well microencapsulated according the European Patent Application EP 06006748 , of the same inventors and applied by GAT Formulation GmbH (reference incorporated for all this patent document in its totality for the purpose of microcapsules containing acetylene carbamide derivatives in the wall) and then create the WG.
  • The selection of cofomulants for the creation of the CS, SC, ZC and WG formulations are in no way limited to the compounds mentioned in the examples: what is important is that the chemical class of chemicals remains as closer as possible. For example isocyanates as wall forming materials, polyamines or alkyltin fatty esthers as catalysts, sulfosuccinate addition before spray drying, etc. The wall forming materials may be composed of mixures of isocyanates or mixtures of aromatic isocyanate(s), aliphatic isocyanate(s) and glicoluril derivatives having the four hydroxylgroups substituting the four nitrogen atoms of the five membered cycle replaced by a alkyloxyalkylen group, where alkylene has the meaning of methylen, ethylen, isopropylen, and alkyl the meaning methyl, ethyl, isopropyl.
  • It must be understood that when in this invention we refer to fluroxypyr, we are also disclosing all compounds that are solid at room temperature and melt below 110 °C

Claims (28)

  1. Agrochemical formulation containing microcapsules characterized in that the active ingredient(s) is/are selected alternatively from the groups i) or ii);
    (i) chlorpyrifos or fluroxypyr
    (ii) (a) at least one sulfonylurea
    (b) one compound solid at room temperature and with a melting point below 110 °C, preferably fluroxypyr
    being in the case (i) the chlorpyrifos or fluroxypyr being inside the microcapsules and in case (ii) one of each group (a) or (b) alternatively inside or outside of the microcapsule.
  2. Agrochemical formulation according claim 1 where the final formulation contains a styrene acrylic polymer, preferably an anionic substituted styrene acrylic polmer in an amount of 1 to 45% in weight %.
  3. Agrochemical formulation according claim 1 where the particle size of the microcapsules is from 1 to 30 µm,
  4. Agrochemical formulation according claim 1 characterized in that the microencapsulated material is according group (ii) and the sulfonylurea(s) are inside the microcapsules and the compound(s) (b) are outside of the microcapsules.
  5. Agrochemical formulation according claim 1 characterized in that the microencapsulated material is according grop (ii) and the sulfonylurea(s) are outside the microcapsules and the compound(s) (b) are inside of the microcapsules.
  6. Agrochemical formulation according claim 1 characterized in that the microencapsulated material is according grop (ii) and the sulfonylurea(s) are inside the microcapsules and the compound(s) (b) are as well inside of the microcapsules.
  7. Agrochemical formulation according any suitable combination of the preceding claims chracterized in that the the wall forming materials of the microcapsules are chosen from the groups,
    (a) aromatic isocyanate
    (b) aliphatic isocyanate
    (c) optionally a glycoluril derivative having the four hydroxylgroups substituting the four nitrogen atoms of the five membered cycle replaced by a alkyloxyalkylen group, where alkylene has the meaning of methylen, ethylen, isopropylen, and alkyl the meaning methyl, ethyl, isopropyl
    and such microcapsules have a particle size of 1 to 30 µm
  8. Agrochemical formulation according any suitable combination of the preceding claims characterized in that is of the type SC he microencapsulated sulfonylureas are chosen from the group: amidosulfuron, azimsulfuron, bensulfuron, chlorimuron, chlorsulfuron, cinosulfuron, cyclosulfamuron, ethametsulfuon, ethoxysulfuron, flazasulfuron, flupyrsulfuon, foramsulfuron, halosulfuron, imazosulfuron, iodosulfuron, mesosulfuron, nicosulfuron, oxasulfuron, primisulfuron, prosulfuron, pyrazosulfuron rimsulfuron, sulfometuron, sulfosulfuron, thifensulfuron, triasulfuron, tribenuron, trifloxysulfuron, trflusulfuron, tritosulfuron.
  9. Agrochemical formulation of the type water dispersable granules having microcapsules enclosing active ingredient characterized in that the active ingredient inside the microcapsule is fluroxypyr and the final formulation has from 1 to 45 % of a styrene acrylic polymer, more preferably an anionic styrene acrylic polymer.
  10. Agrochemical formulation of the type water dispersable granules having microcapsules enclosing active ingredient characterized in that the active ingredient is chlorpyrifos, and the final formulation has from 1 to 45 % of a styrene acrylic polymer, more preferably an anionic styrene acrylic polymer.
  11. Agrochemical formulation of the type water dispersable granules having microcapsules enclosing active ingredient characterized in that the active ingredient inside the microcapsule is diflufenican and the final formulation has from 1 to 45 % of a styrene acrylic polymer, more preferably an anionic styrene acrylic polymer.
  12. Agrochemical formulation according example 1 of the type water dispersable granules having microcapsules enclosing active ingredient characterized in that the active ingredient inside the microcapsule is fluroxypyr and at least a sulfonylurea is outside of the microcapsules.
  13. Agrochemical formulation accordin example 2 of the type water dispersable granules having microcapsules enclosing active ingredient characterized in that the active ingredient inside the microcapsule is diflufenican and at least one sulfonylurea is outside of the microcapsules.
  14. Agrochemical formulation according any suitable combination of the preceding claims characterized in that the formulation is of the type capsule suspension, where fluroxypyr is inside the microcapsules.
  15. Agrochemical formulation according any suitable combination of the preceding claims characterized in that the microencapsulated material is fluroxypyr, the type of formulation is a suspension concentrate+capsule suspension (ZC) and at least a sulfonylurea is in the water phase.
  16. Process of microencapsulation according example 1 in order to obtain a WG formulation of fluroxypyr or diflufenican, or combination of such actives with at least one sulfonylurea characterized in that the catalyst for the wall forming reaction is an emulsion of a polyamine in the water phase of the encapsulation mixture.
  17. A agrochemical formulation characterized in that:
    a) is of the type water dispersable granules
    b) the active ingredient is fluroxypyr
    c) the fluroxypyr is enclosed in microcapsules of 1 to 30 µm in size which wall is madeof a polyurea polymer or a polyurea/acetylene carbamide derivatives' polymer
    d) it contains from 1 to 45% of an styrene acrylic polymer, preferably an anionic substituted styrene acrylic polymer
    e) it contains a sulfosuccinate in a concentration of 0.1 to 15% when calculated in the wet weight of the liquid to be sprayed.
  18. A agrochemical formulation characterized in that:
    a) is of the type water dispersable granules
    b) the active ingredient is diflufenican
    c) the diflufenican is enclosed in microcapsules of 1 to 30 µm in size which wall is madeof a polyurea polymer or a polyurea/acetylene carbamide derivatives' polymer
    d) it contains from 1 to 45% of an styrene acrylic polymer, preferably an anionic substituded styrene acrylic polymer
    e) it contains a sulfosuccinate in a concentration of 0.1 to 15% when calculated in the wet weight of the liquid to be sprayed.
  19. A process to produce a formulation according claims 17 and 18 characterized in that the steps are:
    a) providing an oil phase at about 75 °C containing the wall forming material, the catalyst and the active ingredient
    b) Providing a water phase at about 75 °C containing an anionic substituted styrene acrylic polymer and a oil soluble emulsifier
    c) Mixing of both phases, adding shortly afterwards a dialkyl tin laurathe catalyst and emulsifying with high shear stress
    d) Letting the microcapsules harden at same temperature for about 2 hours
    e) Adding an anionic substituted styrene acrylic polymer and a sulfosuccinate
    f) Spray drying the mixture at a temperature of the product below the melting point of the active ingredient
  20. A agrochemical formulation characterized in that:
    a) is of the type water dispersable granules
    b) the active ingredient is chlorpyrifos
    c) the fluroxypyr is enclosed in microcapsules of 1 to 30 µm in size which wall is madeof a polyurea polymer or a polyurea/acetylene carbamide derivatives' polymer
    d) it contains from 1 to 45% of an styrene acrylic polymer, preferably an anionic substituded styrene acrylic polymer
    e) it contains a sulfosuccinate in a concentration of 0.1 to 15% when calculated in the wet weight of the liquid to be sprayed.
  21. A process of production of the agrochemical formulation of claim 20 according the process of claim 19 characterized in that the catalyst used is a polyamine insoluble in water and emulsified in the water phase
  22. An agrochemical formulation characterized in that:
    a) is of the type water dispersable granules
    b) active ingredients are:
    i) at least an agrochemical solid at room temperature and with melting point below 190 °C (excuding sulfoyureas) and
    ii) at least a sulfonylurea chosen from the group: amidosulfuron, azimsulfuron, bensulfuron, chlorimuron, chlorsulfuron, cinosulfuron, cyclosulfamuron, ethametsulfuon, ethoxysulfuron, flazasulfuron, flupyrsulfuon, foramsulfuron, halosulfuron, imazosulfuron, iodosulfuron, mesosulfuron, nicosulfuron, oxasulfuron, primisulfuron, prosulfuron, pyrazosulfuron rimsulfuron, sulfometuron, sulfosulfuron, thifensulfuron, triasulfuron, tribenuron, trifloxysulfuron, triflusulfuron, tritosulfuron; and all their common derivatives such methyl, meptyl, etc. esters.
    c) the compound i) is enclosed in microcapsules of 1 to 30 µm in size which wall is madeof a polyurea polymer or a polyurea/acetylene carbamide derivatives polymer
    d) the sulfonylurea(s) are outside of the microcapsules
    e) it contains from 1 to 45% of an styrene acrylic polymer, preferably an anionic substituted styrene acrylic polymer
    f) it contains a sulfosuccinate in a concentration of 0.1 to 15% when calculated in the wet weight of the liquid to be sprayed.
  23. A process of production of the agrochemical formulation of claim 22 characterized in that the steps of the process are
    a) providing an oil phase at about 20 to 25 °C above the not-sulfonylurea agrochemicals containing the wall forming material, the catalyst and the active ingredient(s)
    b) providing a water phase at about 20 to 25 °C containing an anionic substituted styrene acrylic polymer and a oil soluble emulsifier
    c) Mixing of both phases, adding shortly afterwards a dialkyl tin laurathe catalyst and emulsifying with high shear stress
    d) Letting the microcapsules harden at same temperature for about 2 hours
    e) Adding an anionic substituted styrene acrylic polymer and a sulfosuccinate
    f) Doing a suspension concentrate of the selected suffonylurea(s)
    g) Mixing the capsule suspension mixture with the suspension concentrate g) Adding 1 to 45% in w/w of an anionic substituted styrene acrylic polymer
    h) Adding 0.1 to 15% in w/w of a sulfosuccinate
    i) Spray drying the mixture at a temperature of the product below the melting point of the active ingredient
  24. The use of microencapsulated WG formulations of fluroxypyr for killing plants
  25. The use of microencapsulated WG formulations of diflufenican for killing plants
  26. The use of microencapsulated WG formulations of chlorpyrifos to kill insects
  27. The use of microencapsulated WG formulations of sulfonylureas and fluroxypyr to kill plants
  28. The same uses as in claims 24 to 27 characterized in that the formulation is of th ZC type, being at least a sulfonylurea outside of the microcapsules and in being possible to kill both insects and plants with different types of agrochemicals.
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